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ASA appoints Mills as chair 

Jennifer Mills Thursday, 13 November 2025
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has appointed Jennifer Mills as chair of its board of directors. Mills first became an ASA director in 2022 and has served as deputy...

Wombat acquires Page’s interactive novel

Photo of Gabriella Page. Thursday, 13 November 2025
Wombat Books has acquired world rights to Gabriella Page’s The Nardi Puzzle, an interactive middle-grade story that allows readers to solve puzzles alongside the characters. The novel follows Sebastian Walker’s...

WestWords acquires Lee’s debut novel

Photo of Samantha Lee. Thursday, 13 November 2025
WestWords Books has acquired adult novel Bound by Samantha WL Lee. Set in four countries – China, Malaysia, Britain and Australia – and extending over more than a century, Bound...

A&U acquires Flynn biography

Photo of Patricia A O’Brien. Thursday, 13 November 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Errol Flynn, Patricia A O’Brien’s biography of Australian-born Hollywood actor Errol Flynn, known for his swashbuckling roles and controversial off-screen life....

Pantera acquires Bassingthwaighte memoir

Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the memoir Love Like This by actor and singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte. The publisher described Love Like This as an “unflinchingly honest and intimate memoir...

Affirm Press acquires Moloney’s “Why We Garden”

Photo of author Hannah Moloney in a garden. Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Why We Garden, a new title by ABC Gardening Australia presenter Hannah Moloney. According to the publisher, Why We Garden investigates why Australians...

KYD announces 2025 Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize shortlist

Kill Your Darlings journal logo. Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize. The 6 shortlisted essays are: “Where My Body Hides Water" by Madison Godfrey “Playing God” by Tallulah...

HGCP announces Zac Power film adaptation 

An illustration of "Zac Power". The figure of a young child stands within the letter "A". Monday, 10 November 2025
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced the film adaptation of the Zac Power series (HI Larry) is slated for release in early 2027. “The film follows Zac as he...

Ansons wins 2025 Fresh Ink Prize

A photo of Courtney Collins, Jessie Ansons, and Rosemarie Milsom standing side-by-side before an open doorway. Monday, 10 November 2025
Newcastle Writers Festival (NWF) has announced Jessie Ansons as the winner of the 2025 Fresh Ink Prize, an award for emerging writers in regional NSW, for “Forever Yours”, an extract...

CWF records 55% increase in attendance 

Monday, 10 November 2025
Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has recorded more than 10,000 audience attendees at its 2025 program, an increase of 55% on the 2024 festival.  This year’s 5-day program included 114 events,...

“Clever Men” wins 2025 Nib Literary Award

Thursday, 6 November 2025
Historian and essayist Martin Thomas has been awarded the 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $40,000, for Clever Men (A&U). Chosen from a longlist announced in August...

Carvan wins 2025 Bragg Prize for Science Writing

Photo of Tabitha Carvan on campus at ANU. Thursday, 6 November 2025
Tabitha Carvan has been awarded this year’s UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay “The Unexpected Poetry of PhD Acknowledgements”. ⁠ The publisher said, “Carvan’s piece reflects...

Awesome Black announces new music and literary fund

An image of the Awesome Black logo. Thursday, 6 November 2025
The Awesome Black Foundation has announced the Voices Rising Fund, a new initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians and writers. The foundation has also announced that Western Sydney–based...

Wombat Books acquires Gemmill’s middle-grade

A photo of Stef Gemmill. Gemmill wears glasses and has red hair. She stands in front of a bookcase. Thursday, 6 November 2025
Wombat Books has acquired world rights to The Ghost Horse of Snowy River, a middle-grade novel by Stef Gemmill. According to the publisher, The Ghost Horse of Snowy River follows 12-year-old...

Indigenous Literacy Foundation announces new ambassadors

Photo of ILF youth ambassador Bronte Charles. Thursday, 6 November 2025
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced seven new ambassadors for 2026. The ambassadors are: Anh Do (ILF ambassador) Lucas Proudfoot (ILF ambassador) Tehya Makani (ILF ambassador) Bronte Charles (ILF...

Disability Arts History Australia website launched

Head and shoulders photo of Professor Bree Hadley of Queensland University of Technology Monday, 3 November 2025
A new Disability Arts History Australia website bringing together the stories, achievements and influence of Australian artists with disabilities over the past five decades has been launched at Queensland University...

Aston, Morton, Wright shortlisted for Walkley Book Award 

Cover of The Chairman’s Lounge by Joe Aston, with view through aircraft window. Monday, 3 November 2025
The Walkley Foundation has announced the shortlist for this year’s Walkley Book Award. The three books, drawn from a longlist of eight, are: The Chairman’s Lounge by Joe Aston (Scribner) Mean Streak by...

Australian historian wins Cundill History Prize 

Historian Lyndal Roper sitting on a windowsill. Monday, 3 November 2025
Oxford University-based historian Lyndal Roper has won this year’s Cundill History Prize for Summer of Fire and Blood (John Murray), her history of the German Peasants’ War of the 1520s....

Ultimo acquires Ash’s Mantle

Photo of writer Romy Ash in blue shirt. Thursday, 30 October 2025
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to novelist Romy Ash’s new work, Mantle, in a deal brokered by Michaela McGuire of a4 Literary. Mantle is a literary eco-thriller set in...

Blak & Bright moves to September

An image of the Blak & Bright logo. Tuesday, 28 October 2025
The 2026 Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival will run from 3 to 6 September 2026, organisers have announced. This marks a shift in the timing of the biennial...

Industry welcomes government’s AI copyright announcement

Photo of attorney-general Michelle Rowland speaking at a conference. Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Publishing industry organisations have reacted enthusiastically to news that the Australian Government has ruled out relaxing copyright rules for generative AI training. Attorney-General Michelle Rowland announced on Sunday that the...

Carman named 2025 Judy Harris Writer-in-Residence Fellow

A photo of Luke Carman. A man is smiling at the camera and wears a navy blazer over a blue shirt. Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Luke Carman is the recipient of the 2025 Judy Harris Writer-in-Residence Fellowship, receiving $100,000 to support a year-long residency at the Charles Perkins Centre. Based in Western Sydney, Carman is...

HarperCollins acquires Crowe’s nonfiction work

A photo of Ben Crowe. He stands in front of a black brick wall. He wears glasses and a white jumper. Tuesday, 28 October 2025
HarperCollins has acquired Australian rights to Where the Light Gets In, a nonfiction book by Ben Crowe. Where the Light Gets In, a book about personal growth, “explains how 9...

Southerly journal returns

The cover of Southerly 80.1. It features artwork of a kookaburra by Kerry Klimm. Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Literary journal Southerly has returned after 3-year hiatus with issue 80.1, “First, the Future”, guest-edited by KA Ren Wyld and new Southerly editor Roanna Gonsalves. According to the editors, this...

NSW State Library announces 2026 fellowships

logo for the state library of new south wales Monday, 27 October 2025
The State Library of NSW has announced its 2026 fellowships, with a total of $314,000 awarded across 9 categories. The fellowships cover a range of original research topics to be...

Rix, Cormick win ACT Book of the Year

Warra Warra Wai book cover Monday, 27 October 2025
Darren Rix and Craig Cormick have won the ACT Book of the Year award for their title Warra Warra Wai (Scribner). Rix and Cormick will share the $10,000 prize. Judges praised Warra...

Labor blocks AI industry moves to waive copyright

Photo of attorney-general Michelle Rowland speaking in parliament. Monday, 27 October 2025
The federal government won’t change the law to allow tech companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models using copyright material, Australian media outlets reported today. The decision is a rejection of...

 

 

 

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